撮

See also: 攝 and 熶

撮 U+64AE, 撮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AE ← 播 [U+64AD] CJK Unified Ideographs 撯 → [U+64AF]

Translingual

Han character

撮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手日尸水 (QASE), four-corner 5604₇, composition ⿰扌最)

Derived characters

• 𪢚, 𢤎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12748
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1957, character 2
• Unihan data for U+64AE

Chinese

trad.		撮
simp. #		撮
alternative forms		熶 𢲻 𢤎 𤑧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 撮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
陬	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫	*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫	*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆	*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚	*zloʔ, *zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 最 (OC *zloːds).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	撮	撮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	子括切	倉括切
Baxter	tswat	tshwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷɑt̚/	/t͡sʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swat̚/	/t͡sʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuo	cuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut3	cyut3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	撮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuō
Middle Chinese	‹ tshwat ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁot/
English	pinch; a pinch
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撮	撮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10671	10672
Phonetic component	取	取
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	繓	撮
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːd/	/*sʰoːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuō, cuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ, ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chep / chhot

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cod⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): cháuk / chŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhok / chheh / chherh / chhoeh / choat / chhoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coh⁴ / cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹
    • Yale: tswō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyut³
    • Yale: chyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chep / chhot
    • Hakka Romanization System: zeb^ˋ / cod^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zeb⁵ / cod⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sep̚²/, /t͡sʰot̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cod⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔt̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháuk / chŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑuʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰouʔ⁵/

Note:

• cháuk - general use;
• chŏk - classifier, scoop a small amount.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhok
    • Tâi-lô: tshok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheh
    • Tâi-lô: tsheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰeʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chherh
    • Tâi-lô: tsherh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoeh
    • Tâi-lô: tshueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat
    • Tâi-lô: tsuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoat
    • Tâi-lô: tshuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuat̚⁵/
Note:
• chhok - vernacular;
• chheh/chherh/chhoeh - vernacular (dated, “small amount”);
• choat - literary (“to pass on”);
• chhoat - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: coh⁴ / cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoh / tshuak / tshuek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoʔ²/, /t͡sʰuak̚²/, /t͡sʰuek̚²/
Note:
• coh4 - vernacular;
• cuag4/cuêg4 - literary (cuêg4 - Chaozhou).

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• Middle Chinese: tswat, tshwat

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːd/, /*sʰoːd/

Definitions

撮

1. to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
2. to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
3. to bring together (e.g. a couple)
4. to extract; to summarise
5. to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
6. (dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
7. (Hakka) to cheat; to deceive; to hoax

   Alternative form: 啜

   佢分人撮走欸兩百塊錢。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
   佢分人撮走欸两百块钱。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

   Gi² bun¹ ngin² cod⁵ zêu³ ê² liong³ bag⁵ kuai⁴ qiên². [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   He was cheated out of 200 yuan.

8. Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful

   一撮鹽／一撮盐  ―  yī cuō yán  ―  a pinch of salt

   一撮人  ―  yī cuō rén  ―  a handful of people

9. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pass on; to transfer
10. (Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group

    一撮人 [Teochew]  ―  zêg⁸ choh⁴ nang⁵ [Peng'im]  ―  some people; a bunch of people

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		些
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	些
	Singapore	些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲
	Hong Kong	啲
	Taishan	尼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啲
Hakka	Meixian	兜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兜
Southern Min	Xiamen	寡
	Zhangzhou	寡
	Tainan	寡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	寡
	Manila (Hokkien)	寡
	Shantou	撮
	Jieyang	撮
	Singapore (Teochew)	撮
Wu	Shanghai	眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced
	Wenzhou	厘兒

Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		騙
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	騙
	Harbin	騙
	Malaysia	騙
	Singapore	騙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	騙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	騙
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	騙
	Ürümqi	騙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	騙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	騙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呃
	Hong Kong	呃
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	騙呃
	Macau	氹, 呃
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	呃
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	呃
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	呃
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	呃
	Foshan	呃
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	呃
	Foshan (Shunde)	氹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	呃
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	呃
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	氹, 呃
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	氹
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	呃
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	呃
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	呃
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	呃
	Taishan	呃
	Kaiping (Chikan)	呃
	Enping (Niujiang)	呃
	Heshan (Yayao)	呃
	Dongguan	呃
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	呃
	Yulin	呃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	呃
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呃
Gan	Nanchang	徹
Hakka	Meixian	撮
	Yudu	騙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	騙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	騙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撮, 騙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	騙, 諞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撮, 騙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	惑
	Senai (Huiyang)	騙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	騙, 局
Southern Min	Xiamen	諞, 術
	Quanzhou	諞, 術
	Zhangzhou	諞, 術
	Zhao'an	騙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙
	Manila (Hokkien)	騙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	騙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	騙
	Singapore (Teochew)	騙
	Wenchang	騙, 誑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	呃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	呃
	Binyang	騙
Wu	Danyang	騙

Dialectal synonyms of 騙 (“to deceive; to fool”) [map]

Compounds

• 抄撮
• 扯撮
• 搊撮／𫼝撮
• 撮合 (cuōhé)
• 撮親／撮亲
• 收撮
• 開齊合撮／开齐合撮

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒ, cuò (zuo³, cuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ, ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³
• Eastern Min (BUC): chŏk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tso³
    • Yale: dzwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
    • Palladius: цзо (czo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuool
    • Palladius: цзор (czor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔɻ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyut³
    • Yale: chyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouʔ⁵/

Definitions

撮

1. Classifier for tufts of hair.

Synonyms

• 撮子 (zuǒzi)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 撮

撮

(Jōyō kanji)

1. snapshot
2. to take a photo; to record a video

Readings

• Go-on: さち (sachi)
• Kan-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
• On: さい (sai)
• Kun: とる (toru, 撮る, Jōyō)、つまむ (tsumamu, 撮む)、つまみ (tsumami)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
撮
さつ Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC tshwat, “to grab with three fingers”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さつ [sáꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠t͡sɨ]

Compounds

• 撮影(さつえい) (satsuei): filming; photography
• 撮像(さつぞう) (satsuzō): to take an image; imaging

Noun

撮(さつ) • (satsu) 

1. A unit of volume, equal to one-tenth of a 勺(しゃく) (shaku), or equivalently around 1.8039 millilitres.

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC tshwat).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 촤ᇙ〮 (Yale: chwálq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 찰 (chal) (Yale: chal) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰwa̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [촬]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

撮

Wikisource 撮 (eumhun 모을 촬 (mo'eul chwal))

1. hanja form^? of 촬 (“to take a photo; to record a video”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 촬영 (撮影, chwaryeong)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

撮: Hán Việt readings: toát
撮: Nôm readings: toát, tòi, duỗi

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